Implement for attaching ear-tags.



J. SCHAUB.

IMPLEMENT FOR AITACHING EAR TAGS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.30, 191s.

1,225A8Q Patented May 8,1917.

Jacob Scizaub ATTORNEYS ME g STATES PATENT @FFTCE.

JACOB SCI-IAUB, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ASSIGNOB TO SALT LAKE STAMPG0,, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, A CORPORATION OF UTAH.

IMPLEMENT FOR ATTAGHING EAR-TAGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May S, 1917.

Original application filed June 1, 1916, Serial No. 101,114. Divided andthis application filed August 30, v

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that T, Jaoon SCHAUB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salt Lake City, county of Salt Lake, and State of Utah, haveinvented a certain new and useful Implement for Attaching Ear-Tags, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention is an implement for attaching to the ear of cattle anidentification tag, of one form or another.

The present application is a division of a prior application Serial No.101,114 filed by me on June 1, 1916.

The implement of this invention is characterized by means forpositioning a tag with precision with reference to the bending elementsof the implement.

The invention consists, also, in means for retaining the tag securely inposition within the implement, whereby the tag cannot slip out of placeduring the efforts of the operator to apply the tag to the ear of anunruly animal.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from thefollowing de scription taken in connection with the drawing, wherein-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my imple ment in an open position,showing one form of tag in position to be applied to an animals ear.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the implement showing theposition of the tag when it shall have been applied to the ear;

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. A is a perspective view of the new implement one jaw of which isprovided with means for eifectively retaining a tag in position uponsaid jaw during and prior to the operation of aflixing said tag to theanimals ear, the tag being shown in position upon the Fig. 5 is a sideelevation with parts in sec tion with a view to showing more clearly thetag retaining means of the implement.

Fig. 6 is a cross section on the line 66 of Fig. 5 through one jaw ofthe tool, the tag being omitted.

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section through one aw of the tool, on the line7? of Fig. 6:

One form of my implement for aiiixing the tag is shown more partlcularlyin Flgs. 1, 2 and 8, sa1d constructlon being intended more Serial No.117,687.

particularly as an improvement upon the de vice disclosed in Patent No.661,598, granted Nov. 13, 1900 to Callison and Bing, the ownership ofwhich patent and of the present invention is vested in the same party.

-As shown, the implement embodies crossing pin E, see Figs. 1 and 2. Asin the Patent 661,598 the jaw B is provided with a curved recess 6 andwith a shoulder f at one side of the recess. The other jaw A is formedwith a rib a, the same being pressed out of the metal in the operationof blanking up the stock to produce jaw A and its handle A. The ribextends longitudinally of the jaw A for a part of the length thereof,the width of said rib being less than that of the jaw, as shown in Fig.3. The rib presents two well defined shoulders intermediate the widthof; the jaw and extending lengthwise thereof.

When a tag of the form disclosed in my prior application is to beapplied to an ear,

the jaws A B are in the open position of Fig. 1, and the tag is placedintermediate the jaws for one member of said tag to rest upon jaw B,with an end portion of said tag in contact with the shoulder f and witha slot in said tag over the recess 6, but the other member of the tagoccupies such relation to the jaw A that the rib a of said aw A fitssnugly in the space between certain side ribs of said tag, see Fig. 3,whereby the rib a and the flanges of the tag cooperate in retaining thetag in position between the jaws. When thus positioned the tag cannot bedisplaced sidewise during the manipulation of the implement, and this isan important feature because an unruly animal will seek to escape, sothat the operator is not able at all times to hold the instrument andthe attached tag in position when an opportunity presents itself toapply the tag.

There is sufficient space between the end of the prong and the bottommember of the tag to introduce the ear, see Fig. 1, and when the tag isin position it is only necessary for the operator to press the handles AB together, whereupon the prong is forced through the ear and the freeend of said prong passes through the slot in the tag so as to bedeflected by the curved bottom of the recess 6, thus upsetting orclenching the end of the prong against the slotted member of the tag,after which the implement is opened and easily withdrawn from theattached tag.

The implement is constructed with a back gage I upon the lower jaw Bthereof, said back gage being formed by bending upwardly the metal ofthe jaw at the rear of that flat face of said jaw the forward part ofwhich is formed with the recess 6. Said back gage, I is positioned onthe jaw B forwardly of the pivotal connection G between the jaws, andsaid gage is curved upwardly from the flat face of the jaw, thecurvature of the gage corresponding to the bend in the metal of the tag.When the tag is in position upon the flat face of the jaw B,the heel orrear bent portion of said tag is in contact with the back gage, see Fig.2, and thus the gage I positions the tag with precision upon the jaw Band more particularly with respect to the slot in the tag to the recess6 of jaw B.

It is found in practice, however, that there may be, and frequently is,a variation in the length of the slotted member of difl'erent tags, dueto the action of the dies in bending the metal which compose the tags,and, accordingly, the back gage I on the jaw B does not at all times socooperate with the different tags that the slots in said tags are inproper register with the recess a in the jaw B. To remedy this,provision is made in the tool as in Figs. 4: to 7 inclusive whereby theslotted part of the tag is brought into register with the recess of thejaw due to the use of a projection J on the jaw entering into the slotof the tag, as a result of which each tag is brought and retained inposition for its slot to register with the recess e regardless of thelength of the tag and to the contact, or the lack of contact, betweenthe heel of the tag and the back gage I. The positioning projectionreferred to is a lug or ear J extending upwardly from the face of thejaw B, the same being arranged close to the recess 6; in fact, the backwall of the ear or lug J is continuous with the wall of the recess 0, asshown more clearly in Figs. 5 and 7 said continuous wall being curved inorder that the point of the prong will strike the rear curved wall assaid point enters the slot of the tag, whereby the bending of the pointcommences immediately after said point passes through the flesh of theanimals ear. The ear or lug J is forwardly of the recess 6, and as shownsaid ear or lug is produced by upsetting the metal of the jaw, for whichpurpose the jaw in front of the ear is perforated as at Z in order tosupply the metal required to form the ear or lug at the required place.

In using the tag in connection with the implement, said tag is placedupon the jaw B, with the heel of the tag in contact with the back gage Iand with the ear or lug J extending into the slot of said tag,the'upper. forward part of the tag being in contact with jaw A, wherebythe lug or ear J with or without the back gage I retains the tag inconnected relation to the implement, and in proper position thereinagainst a tendency of the tag to work out of position when the latter isheld by the hand in any position. When the handles of the implement arepressed together, the prong of the tag is forced through the flesh ofthe ear, the point of said prong entering the slot in the tag, at whichtime the extremity of the prong strikes the curved face or wallcontinuous with the recess 6 and lug J, so that the point is deflectedas the point passes through the slot, such deflection of the point beingcontinued by contact with the face of the recess 6 during theapplication of pressure to the handles of the implement, as a result ofwhich the prong is quickly and effectively clenched against the slottedmember of the tag.

Having thus fully described the invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An implement for aflixing a cattle tag provided with guide flanges,comprising complemental jaws adapted for movement relatively to eachother, one of said jaws being provided with a single positioning ribadapted to cooperate with the guide flanges of the tag, and the otherjaw having a work- 'ing face for clenching one part of the tagrelatively to the other part thereof, the width of said single rib beingless than the width of the jaw and said single rib being equidistantfrom the respective side edges of the jaw.

2. An implement ofthe class described embodying cooperating jaws one ofwhich is provided with a back gage and with a prong deflecting recesspositioned forwardly of said back gage, said back gage projecting fromthe working face of one jaw and intermediate the ends thereof.

3. An implement of the class described embodying cooperating jaws one ofwhich is provided with a prong-deflecting recess and with a positioningprojection adjacent said recess, the rear face of said projection beingsubstantially continuous with the forward edge of said recess.

4. An -implement of the class described embodying cooperating jaws oneof which is provided with a prong deflecting recess and with anupstanding projection forwardly of said recess, the rear face of saidprojection being substantially continuous with the forward edge of saidrecess whereby the projection is adapted to enter a slot in the tag.

5. An implement of the class described embodying cooperating jaws one ofwhich is provided with a prong deflecting recess and with an ear orprojection the wall of which is curved continuously with reference to acurved face of the recess, said curved wall of the ear or projectionbeing substantially continuous With the curved face of the recess.

6. An implement of the class described embodying cooperating aws, a backgage on one jaw, a prong deflecting recess on the face of the jaw, andan ear or projection substantially continuous with one edge of saidrecess and extending upwardly from the face of said jaw.

7. An implement of the class described embodying pivot-ed jaws, one ofsaid jaws being provided with a back gage which extends from the face ofsaid jaw and is positioned intermediate the ends of the aw for contactwith the heel of a tag.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

JACOB SCHAUB.

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' Washington, D. G.

